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Tunisian security forces have detained a parliamentarian and a journalist of a local television on charges of plotting against the state, and insulting President Kais Saied. Abdellatif Alaoui, a lawmaker MP and former leader of el Karama coalition, (17 seats), announced on a Facebook post that he has been arrested at his residence on Sunday […]
Najla Bouden Romdhane, a former official of the ministry of Higher education, was appointed Wednesday Prime Minister of Tunisia, becoming thus the first woman to hold such a position in the region. Mrs Romdhane, 63-year old geology professor at the National School of Engineers, was tasked to form a new Cabinet more than two months […]
Western leaders including France’s Emmanuel Macron and Canada’s Justin Trudeau have not confirmed their presence at the XVIII Summit of La Francophonie to take place in Tunisia, on the island of Djerba in the month of November, reportedly over ongoing exceptional measures adopted by President Kais Saied. Scheduled for November 20-21 under theme “Connectivity in […]
Two months after he sacked the prime minister, suspended the parliament and assumed all executive powers, Tunisia’s President Kais Said faced street anger as a protest hit Tunis on Sunday demanding his step-down. Last week, he published a decree giving him executive powers, in a move his opponent described as a return to authoritarian rule […]
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied announced Wednesday new exceptional measures to bolster his grab of all-out power effective since July 25, an announcement that triggered immediate criticism from his political rivals. The President enacted Wednesday a decree on these new exceptional measures that include the extension of the parliament’s suspension and lifting of MPs’ immunity. Likewise, […]
Moncef Marzouki, a former Tunisian President and active politician, has called on the army and Tunisians to remove President Kais Saied over the current situation that has plunged the North African country in the unknown since July 25. Saied has put in place exceptional measures, including the freeze of the parliament activities and suspension of […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied announced Monday the elaboration of a new electoral Code as part of new changes he wants to induce after seizing all powers on July 25, making it clear that the exceptional measures decreed on July 25 will continue. At an “unannounced” visit to the governorate of Sidi Bouzid, President Kais Saied […]
Borders between Tunisia and Libya are to reopen this Friday Sept.17 after more than one month closure because of COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening decision came after the Tunisian and Libyan committees of security and health reviewed the situation and after ministerial delegations from the two countries agreed at a meeting in Djerba on security and […]
Tunisia Tuesday bolstered its domination of the African volleyball sports as it clinched for the 11th time the title of African Men’s Volleyball Championship after beating rival Cameroon. The Tunisian men team defeated the Cameroonian squad by 3 sets to 1 in the final game at Kigali Arena. The North African giants started off on […]
Over 90 political and civil society activists affirmed Sunday in a statement “commitment to the 2014 Constitution which crowned the Revolution process,” and rejection “of any attempt to circumvent or violate it,” reported TAP news agency. The statement signatories considered that the latest remarks by the advisor to the President “confirm the putschist process initiated […]